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https://twitter.com/RexHuppke/status/1166137000136773636
PBS reporter calls Trump a liar to his face
“Why do you [keep repeating] the misleading statement that Russia outsmarted President Obama when other countries have said that the reason why Russia was kicked out was very clearly because they annexed Crimea. Why keep repeating what some people would see as a clear lie?”
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/NewsHour/status/1166010564637843459
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/8/26/1881485/-PBS-reporter-calls-Trump-a-liar-to-his-face?utm_campaign=recent
Foreign leaders are done taking Trump seriously-He's now just dotty old aunt you shove in corner
Another ludicrous G7 with Donald Trump: How the "essential nation" became a jokeForeign leaders are done with taking Trump seriously. He's now just the dotty old aunt you shove in the corner
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON
AUGUST 26, 2019 1:20PM (UTC)
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The meeting at the G7 this past weekend couldn't have been more different from last year's when, as you may recall, Trump treated his colleagues like lackeys and strutted around as if he were a Roman emperor, refusing to sign the joint communiqué in a fit of anger over a comment by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This year the president of the so-called "essential nation" has been relegated to the status of the dotty old aunt about whom everyone speaks in hushed tones and smiles indulgently when she starts babbling. They seem to have finally realized that Trump can't be reasoned with like a normal leader and therefore they must gather together like members of the family and stage an intervention to cajole him into changing course.
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What is clear is that the other G7 leaders hammered Trump privately to end his nonsensical trade war. When asked if he was having second thoughts about that doomed enterprise, Trump snarled, "Sure, why not? I always have second thoughts." He was even publicly chastised by the most Trumpian leader present, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who said, “Just to register the faint, sheeplike note of our view on the trade war, we’re in favor of trade peace on the whole." The White House later walked back Trump's "second thoughts" comment with a bellicose statement saying that he only had second thoughts about not raising the tariffs higher.
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Trump senses that he's no longer being taken seriously but because they all have smiles plastered on their faces and are being solicitous, he doesn't know how to respond. So, as usual, he lies.
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As I write this, Trump is trying to save face, claiming he's winning the trade war because "China called" and wants to make a deal. This isn't quite true either. Chinese officials merely responded that they would like a "calm" resolution to the dispute, so who knows where that's going? World leaders no longer taking him literally or seriously. He's just someone to be managed. Let's hope they have better luck than Americans have had so far.
the rest:
https://www.salon.com/2019/08/26/another-ludicrous-g7-with-donald-trump-how-the-essential-nation-became-a-joke/
How does the futures market believe trumps bull?
Based on what I know, Chinese and US top negotiators didn't hold phone talks in recent days. The two sides have been keeping contact at technical level, it doesn't have significance that President Trump suggested. China didn't change its position. China won't cave to US pressure.
https://twitter.com/HuXijin_GT/status/1165924915142262785
Tweeted while he is in the middle of a bilateral with Merkel.
https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1165918892411236352
Trump was the only world leader not seen at a G7 meeting on climate and biodiversity.
BIARRITZ, France – President Donald Trump appeared to skip a G-7 session focused on climate and biodiversity that was attended by other world leaders Monday.
When U.S. reporters were ushered into the working session on climate, biodiversity and oceans taking place at the G-7 they saw an empty chair where Trump usually sits. The rest of the G-7 leaders were present.
White House aides did not respond to questions about whether Trump showed up after reporters were brought into the room or, if he did skip the meeting, why he did so.
Trump has reportedly told aides that the meeting of world leaders has focused too intensely on climate and other environmental issues. White House officials have said the president wants the meeting to deal more with economic issues, and Trump pushed for and secured a session on Saturday focused on the global economy.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/26/trump-not-seen-g-7-climate-meeting-amid-fight-over-paris-accord/2118251001/
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1165957062850777089
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1165968319666634752
https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1165944612902580224
Oh my, Quite the photo
DATE IMPORTED:August 25, 2019
First Lady Melania Trump kisses Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau next to the U.S. President Donald Trump during the family photo with invited guests at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/G7-SUMMIT--RC1618092E80.html
https://twitter.com/KDbyProxy/status/1165748356745965569
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